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Rick's children

Rick has another child, as of Season 05, Episode 04. He has a horse baby with the CHUM princess.

Rick's ethnicity

Roiland said on the 2014 Comic-Con that despite Rick's hispanic sounding last name, he is just a person, with no race or color. See the video here. - Radiphus (talk) 20:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In the DVD commentary for the Season 2 episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation", it was confirmed that Rick is Hispanic. -- HenryBarnill 12:52, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you are referring to the comment Roiland makes here at 14:50. This is something that could be mentioned in the body of the article, along with the other comment i linked to in my first post. However, since the sources appear to contradict with each other, it would not be appropriate to include this information in the article's infobox and categories. - Radiphus (talk) 15:15, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sanchezium

So sanchezium is obviously fake. But please explain how's pirates are a weakness or is he leaving this early up his sleeves for later? Inlightened (talk) 15:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

He isn't afraid of pirates cause in season 1 he made the pirates of the pancreas and showed pride in being its creator not fear

Lwclyden (talk) 22:58, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

in S3E10 Rick states that the part about him being afraid of pirates on his wikipedia page is true. I think it needs to be somewhere on the page. LUEshi402 (talk) 07:32, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

edit warring and content disputes

I've protected the page to slow all this down. Please discuss changes here and be prepared to show reliable sourcing to support changes.Dlohcierekim (talk) 14:38, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They mentioned this article in the Season 3 finale last night so this article will be getting a lot of traffic. Bobherry Talk Edits 18:58, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2017

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change ' In the episode The Rickchurian Mortydate, he is implied to be autistic.' to ' In the episode The Rickchurian Mortydate, he is implied to be autistic and shown to have a fear of pirates.' BlazingTimon (talk) 15:48, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 18:20, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 October 2017

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Add ricks fear of pirate to the page. Ssgfsdghrtefdda (talk) 18:33, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:51, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am opposing this edit. There is no consensus to add this contentious information per WP:PER#Planning a request. It offers no real information about the character's personality, motives, and interpretations of their actions per MOS:TV#Characterization. I would like to put this information into context for non-viewers. Rick and Morty is a comedy show. In the season 3 finale, the US army arrests Rick using an element called "Sanchezeum". As it turns out this element is useless and Rick is able to free himself with great ease. After doing so, he mocks the US goverment and tells them "i made Sanchezeum up, don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia". This prompts a member of the US army to call-off an attack they had planned involving pirates, saying "Stand down. He is not afraid of pirates". When Rick hears that, he is terrified and says to his side-kick grandson "Run Morty! That part was true!". That's the joke that new-comers have been trying to force into this article for a week. Radiphus (talk) 19:11, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I also tried to edit the facts about Sanchezium and pirates fear yesterday (9 of july 2019). Anyway, your answer doesn't take into the account the fact that any form of fiction has the semiotical natural right to actively interact with reality, so, if Rick's character assumes something about his Wikipedia page, he should be the first source to refer to, instead of articles made up by so called "critics" (or journalists). That's a matter of fiction critics and aesthetics, and I don't see any critics or philosophers around here, or any kind of critical or philosophical thesis about this. Therefore, neither any reason to publish this edit.----Emabuo, 16:29, 9 july 2019 (UTC+1)

if Rick's character assumes something about his Wikipedia page, he should be the first source to refer to

WP:SUBJECT says: "A mention of Wikipedia by a notable person is unlikely to justify a mention in their Wikipedia article. To avoid self reference, a mention needs to reflect its importance in their overall body of work." However, as i had explained above, the disputed content offers no real information about the character's personality, motives, and interpretations of their actions per MOS:TV#Characterization. Radiphus (talk) 16:15, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It seems true (I didn't know about this Wiki guidelines, mine is another job). Anyway, Rick character referring to his Wikipedia page reporting the facts about Sanchezium and fear of pirates, and the relative actions (by the US government) during the fiction, implies that his Wikipedia page already mentions these facts and, as I stated above, there shouldn't be any separation from the fiction reality and the real reality. Therefore, this page in particular is not mentioning the reality of it's own page (the one mentioned during the fiction), following this thesis. The only real wiki page about Rick Sanchez, receiving all the external contributions, shouldn't in first places refuse it's similarities with it's own really real version, the common one, the one both shared by the fiction and the reality.----Emabuo, 00:35, 11 july 2019 (UTC+1)

Requested move 17 December 2017

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 18:34, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

– The character is considerably more noteworthy and recognisable by name that the journalist. Yours Sincerely, HarrisonSteam (talk) 16:14, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Nothing in this request backs up the nominator's claim. See also Jon Snow. Calidum 03:24, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose see "Rick Sanchez is" GBook test In ictu oculi (talk) 09:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, notable real people should generally trump fictional characters, absent overwhelming evidence of the primacy of the character. bd2412 T 16:05, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per WP:NWFCTM._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 16:19, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – this is not a Harry Potter vs. Harry Potter (journalist) situation. Usually, real individuals get primary topic over fictional characters unless there is overwhelming backup to support that the fictional character is more widely known than a real subject. However, this is not the case and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC has not been established to support this move. CookieMonster755 𝚨-𝛀 03:54, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – A dab page would be better if there was any change. JE98 (talk) 03:03, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 3 February 2018

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 21:18, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) → Rick Sanchez (character) – The only other Rick Sanchez discussed on Wikipedia is a real person, and all articles about subjects with similar names (for example, the subjects at Ricardo Sanchez (disambiguation)) are also about real people. There probably isn’t another character out there owing to trademark. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 15:46, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~Support~~ Comment: I don't see anything relevant at WP:NCTV, but this seems more appropriate. Look for example at Jon Snow (character). If another article for a TV character named "Rick Sanchez" is created in the future, then we could further disambiguate by renaming the page to "Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty character)". -- Radiphus 16:40, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose in what way is (character) better on any single one of the 5 WP:CRITERIA than (Rick and Morty). Jon Snow (character) is a poor example, since that would clearly be better at Jon Snow (Game of Thrones), why isn't it? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:45, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh right I remember why the (Game of Thrones) characters are at (character), because there was also the novel Jon Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire). But that doesn't apply here. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:48, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Better on the criteria of naturalness (the title conveys what the subject actually is and readers are more likely to search for that) and consistency (consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles, unless you can provide a counter-example to Jon Snow). -- Radiphus 18:01, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found some counter-examples at Category:Male characters in television. Though the category does list some pages disambiguated with "(character)", most of them are disambiguated by the show's name. I think it would be better to not move the article, until this has been discussed properly and a naming convention has been established. -- Radiphus 20:56, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did a large, probably exhaustive, search and found that in general (character) is only used where characters fall across two franchises like Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire. The only exception seems to be Joker (Batman) which for some reason is at Joker (character) despite there being other Joker characters with articles. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:44, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per In ictu oculi, it fits the WP:CRITERIA better. (character) is very bland and doesn't give a reader much confidence when searching. I do think we need a broad RFC to hash this out project-wide as several naming conventions handled this differently. Editor preference seems to lead toward using the series/franchise name. WP:NCTV#Episode articles could be read to support series name, but MOS:TV#Naming conventions states it explicitly. WP:NCVG#Disambiguation uses game title/franchise primarily. WP:NCCOMICS says use (character). WP:NCBOOKS and WP:NCFILM give no guidance. -- Netoholic @ 13:55, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support. "Character" is more concise, it's unambiguous, and less awkward than having "Rick" twice in the article title. -- Tavix ^(talk) 21:00, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2018

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Under 'Significant other(s)' add Diane (Beth's mother). Reference Season 3, Episode 1, 7:50 for confirmation. Dennis Hjorte (talk) 02:09, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: In the episode Rick states that the origin story involving Diane was totally fabricated. -- Radiphus 10:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar correction

"Rick is a polymath whose agnostic about scientific specialties;[...]" This doesn't seem to make sense. Upon checking articles history, seems to be a leftover from a bad edit. Requesting correction?

Thanks in advance.

Discussion at Talk:Rick Sanchez#Requested move 13 August 2019

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LGBT Character

I've seen this article is 'covered' by all the sub-categorical LGBT stuff on this talk page, but why hasn't it been explicitly referenced in the main article itself yet? Rick being pan-sexual means by definition he's an LGBT character in the exact same vein as characters from Steven Universe like Garnet, Pearl and Stevonnie. Is anyone going to contest this comparison? Please, by all means, be as specific as possible as to why this is (or isn't) helpful to the article's transparency.Internet Informant (talk) 07:43, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do we know that he’s Pansexual? Alililacy (talk) 11:41, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rick’s Birthday.

I know that Rick Sanchez is a Pisces but I’m wondering what day his birthday is on. Some people say January 26th, but if it was that would mean he is an Aquarius. I know this is not the case because a lot of people believe he is a Pisces and it is also seen through his behaviour. I really want to know if are Rick Sanchez and I are birthday twins! Alililacy (talk) 11:40, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Alililacy, I made a quick search and did find that the Character Profile Wikia" says indeed that his birthday is on January 26th 1952, but it gives no references. If you find any, it could be added. If you want, you can make a request at Entertainment Reference Desk WP:RD/E, maybe someone there can help. AdrianHObradors (talk) 12:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Odd structure

Why does this article have fictional biography, with almost identical text, 3 seperate times? -Skelegreen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.209.81.163 (talk) 16:40, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because someone vandalized it a while ago (on the 8th of May) and no one noticed (except you). I have reverted the changes, it should be alright now, but do let me know if you notice anything else wrong with it! AdrianHObradors (talk) 11:36, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stop adding false information

Besides how do you know Eric is voicing Rick? 2603:8080:FD0B:9E98:1412:171D:6F69:FB01 (talk) 01:24, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rick's Middle Name

Is Rick's middle name really "Danial" as currently stated? If so, can we get a source for that? like an episode or comic where it's shown? 128.62.224.170 (talk) 17:09, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Autism?

Rick is included on the list of fictional autistic characters. Shouldn't this be notable enough to warrant a mention? FriendlyNeighborhoodAspie (talk) 20:52, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]